1. The Shocking Sex Secrets of Insects
... , which very in shape in size. Some eggs resemble a grain of rice, while others have a shape similar to a mango. Damselflies oviposit in three ways. endophytic (within a plant), epiphytic (on the surface of the plant), and exophytic (on water or land). Immature damselflies are referred to naiads since they are wholly aquatic hemimetabolous insects. Naiads prey on mosquito larvae as well as fish ... and frogs and will molt 17 times before reaching adulthood. Damselflies can be found in forests as well as ponds and wetlands (Corbet 1999). In the article Dr. Zuk states that she studies cric...
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